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French Business Vocab

Les études
 L’alternance (f.): un programme avec le travail et l’école
 L’apprenti: apprentice
 Le baccalauréat: high school diploma
 La bourse: scholarship
 Le cursus: course/curriculum
 L’échange (m.): commercial trade
 L’équivalence (f.): equivalence
 La filière: industry
 La licence: diplôme (3 ans)
 Le master: master’s degree (4 ans)
 La mention: honors
 La mobilité: movement (within a job)
 Les partiels (m.): final exams
 Le rattrapage: a make-up
 La spécialité: major (in school)
 Le stage: internship
 Le/la stagiaire: intern
 Le tuteur: tutor
 Bénéficier: to make a profit
 Échouer: to fail
 Obtenir: to obtain
 Réussir: to succeed
 Se spécialiser: to specialize in something
 Suivre: to follow

L’expérience
 L’ambiance (f.): atmosphere
 Le collaborateur: coworker
 La collaboration: collaboration
 La coopération: cooperation
 Le département: the department
 Le développement: development
 L’employé(e): employee
 L’environnement (m.): background
 L’exécution (f.): accomplishment
 La gestion: management
 La logistique: logistics
 La mission: task
 Le service: assistance
 La tâche: task

,La carrière
 La carrière: career
 La competition: competition
 Le défi: challenge
 L’échec (m.): failure
 L’évolution (f.): the progression
 Le mérite: merit
 La motivation: motivation
 L’opportunité (f.): opportunity
 La promotion: promotion
 Être inspiré(e) par quelqu’un à évoluer: to be inspired by someone to do better
 Rejoinder: to meet
 Relever: to raise
 Se tromper: to make a mistake

Les compétences
 Acquis(e): benefit
 L’adaptation (f.): adjustment
 Autonome: independent
 L’autonomie (f.): independence
 Competent(e): competent
 La connaissance: knowledge
 Créatif/créative: creative
 La créativité: creativity
 Efficace: efficient/effective
 L’efficacité (f.): efficiency/effectiveness
 Équitable: fair
 L’esprit d’innovation: spirit of innovation
 L’initiative (f.): initiative
 L’organisation (f.): organization
 Productif/productive: productive
 La productivité: productivity
 Requis(e): required
 Le savoir-faire: competence
 Acquérir: to acquire
 S’adapter à [une méthode]: to adapt to something
 S’améliorer: to improve
 Developer des compétences: develop competency
 Maîtriser: to master
 S’organiser: to get organized
 Prendre ses marques: take your mark
 Progresser: to progress
 Se server de: to use

,L’attitude
 Le bien-être: well-being
 Le mal-être: uneasiness
 La bonne humeur: good mood
 La mauvaise humeur: bad mood
 La cohesion d’équipe: teamwork
 Le comportement: behavior
 Consciencieux: conscientious
 Négligent(e): lazy
 Fiable: reliable
 Enthousiaste: excited
 Jovial(e): jolly
 Patient(e): patient
 La posture: posture
 Responsable: responsible

Les missions
 Accompagner: to accompany
 Automatiser: to automate
 Effecteur: to accomplish
 Exécuter: to accomplish
 Gérer: to manage
 S’intégrer: to fit in
 Réaliser: to create/fulfill
 Transmettre: to give

L’employabilité
 Les hard skills (m.): competencies (technology, etc.)
 Les soft skills (m.): characteristics

Le networking
 L’afterwork (m.): networking event
 L’article (m.): goods
 La carte de visite: business card
 Le cocktail: cocktail party
 Le commentaire: remark
 La communauté d’utilisateurs: user community
 Le compte: count
 Le contact: contact (in a phone)
 L’étiquette (f.): label
 Le tag: tag
 Le fil d’actualité: news feed
 Le fil de discussion: discussion thread
 Le hashtag: hashtag

,  Le mot-dièse/le mot-clic: hashtag
 L’influenceur: influencer
 L’invitation (f.): invitation
 Le message personnel: direct message
 La messagerie: messaging service
 Le mur: wall
 La mutualisation: clients purchase stocks
 La notification: notification
 Le post/la publication: a post
 Le profil: profile
 Le réseau: resource
 Le réseau social: social media
 La soirée: reception/party
 Le statut: status
 Viral(e): viral
 La visibilité: visibility
 S’abonner à: to subscribe to
 Accroître son réseau: expand your network
 Se désabonner: to unsubscribe
 Suivre: to follow
 Augmenter: to intensify
 Développer: to develop
 Élargir: to increase
 Étendre: to stretch
 Commenter: to comment
 Contacter: to contact
 Échanger: to exchange
 Entendre parler de quelqu’un: to hear about someone
 Étiqueter/taguer: to label
 Faire le buzz: to make a buzz
 Identifier: to identify
 Inviter: to invite
 Lancer: to start up
 Mutualiser: to connect with someone
 Networker: to network
 Notifier: to send a notification
 Poster/publier: to post

Les difficultés
 La crise: crisis
 La faillite: bankruptcy
 La restructuration: reorganization
 Être en chute libre: to be in freefall
 Être en crise: to be in a crisis

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